Mayor Warren signs petition on letters

10:01 PM,
Feb. 9, 2014

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A petition making the rounds in social media demands the public release of letters that 22 city school employees wrote in support of Matthew Lomaglio, a former gym teacher recently convicted of sexually abusing a student.

On Sunday, that cause gained a prominent backer: Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, who added her name to the petition. The mayor said she signed on in solidarity with victims of sexual abuse and other city parents who she said deserve to decide if they want their children to attend a school where a staffer backed a man convicted of harming a child. Warren said it was appropriate ...